> The ax25 HOWTO is a little outdated, but there is enough there so you
> can figure it out.
I have the HOWTO, I have read it, I understand what it's saying, BUT! For
some reason I can't 'make' the new kernel. When I enter "make menuconfig",
as per the instructions, it comes back with "*** No rule to make target
'menuconfig'. Stop."
I have read, and re-read the RedHat 5.2 book, I have racked up loads of time
on the 'net looking at FAQ's, and more, but I can't find "config",
"menuconfig" or even "Xconfig" on my machine.
>
> But the ax25 extensions really aren't for the person who wants to pull
> it out of the box and plug it in. Amateur Radio exists to give people
> the opportunity to learn . . . . They have plenty of other media if all
> they want to do is just talk . . .
I want to learn about Linux, but it seems that all the people who know don't
talk the same language as me. Yes, they may speak English, but it sounds
like double-dutch to me ;-) There are few local amateurs that operate Linux,
they say "yeah, it's simple, just look at the how-to's and faq's. Great,
they tell you all about it, providing it goes right first time. If it goes
belly up when you hit the enter key, there is nothing anywhere that tells
you what to do next. Like I pointed out originally, with win95/NT programs,
you install them with a nice simple setup program that you supply with some
information, it probes the system registry for other stuff, and off it goes.
> Joe public is never going to have anything to do with installing either
> NT or linux . . . He (or she) is going to buy a computer with the
> operating system preinstalled, and take it back to the dealer when
> something goes wrong.
> > My system will comprise of :
> >
> > Cyrix MX233 processor in a PC-Chips TX-ProII m/b with on-board svga &
sound.
> > 32Mb ram, 520Mb HD, 4 serial, 1 parallel, mouse on sio3.
> >
> > The packet interfaces will be:
> >
> > sio1 - KISS TNC 1200bd
> > sio2 - KISS TNC 1200bd
> > sio4 - YAM 9600bd
> > PC120 port A - 9600bd
> > PC120 port B - 1200bd
> > BAYCOM USCC port A - 1200bd
> > BAYCOM USCC port B - 1200bd
> > BAYCOM USCC port C - 19200bd
> > BAYCOM USCC port D - 9600bd
> >
> > BBS Software - F6FBB v7g for Linux running the daemon version
> > IP Hub software - TNOS
> > Node/Rose software : FPAC
>
> You can duplicate all of this by installing JNOS or TNOS on top of Linux
> . . . . But neither of them is simple to run, and TNOS is now totally
> unsupported (its author even shut off the mailing list when he decided
> to "retire."). Having said that, I use TNOS (on
> K6HS.#NCA.CA.USA.NOAM/k6hs.ampr.org) because it has more features to
> play with. But I don't know why you would want to run both F6FBB and
> TNOS at the same time.
The FBB is for the AX5 users that run WinPac, TPK, and other similar
FBB-UI-header mail programs. It is the standard package for mail forwarding
in the UK and I know it, it works, and does a very good job (thank's
Jean-Paul!), The TNOS is there because it's another complete package
offering all of the servers that the ip users want in one simple to operate
& configure package.
> > I need some pointers as to setting up the PC120 / Baycom ports as the
kiss
> > stuff seems relatively simple-ish.
> >
> The baycom setup is covered in the ax25 HOWTO, and once done looks just
> like a KISS port. I am not familiar with the PC120. If it is not
> connected through a serial port or using the Z8530 chip you may have to
> write your own driver . . . . or do something differently. If it is,
> then it is covered in the AX25 HOWTO. Once you go through the initial
> configuration steps, everything looks the same . . . like a serial
> stream to a KISS TNC. Which is why it makes sense to use JNOS or TNOS,
> because each can be simply attached to as many linux devices as you
> want.
The PC120 card is the same as a PC100 card ( I don't know what the
difference is), and uses the Z8530 interface like the BAYCOM USCC.
I have the information on setting that up now, but if I could just make a
start with "make menuconfig" etc.. I'd be off!!!
Regards
Rob
G1ZPU
